**Warm Couscous and Broccoli Salad: A Delightful Blend of Flavors and Textures**
Discover a culinary delight that tantalizes your taste buds and nourishes your body: the warm couscous and broccoli salad. This vibrant dish is a symphony of flavors and textures, featuring tender couscous, crisp-tender broccoli, juicy cherry tomatoes, and a zesty dressing that brings it all together. With its vibrant colors and enticing aroma, this salad is a feast for the eyes and the palate. Indulge in a guilt-free indulgence as you savor the wholesome goodness of this nutritious and satisfying dish.
**Recipes Included:**
* Warm Couscous and Broccoli Salad: The star of the show, this recipe provides step-by-step instructions for crafting the perfect balance of flavors and textures.
* Honey Mustard Dressing: A delectable combination of sweet and tangy, this dressing elevates the salad to new heights.
* Roasted Chickpeas: A protein-packed addition, these roasted chickpeas add a delightful crunch and nutty flavor to the salad.
* Toasted Pine Nuts: A finishing touch that adds a subtle nutty flavor and elegant texture to the dish.
Embark on a culinary journey with this warm couscous and broccoli salad, a dish that promises to delight your senses and leave you feeling satisfied and energized.
COUSCOUS SALAD WITH BROCCOLI AND RAISINS
Chickpeas and feta take care of the protein requirement, olive oil brings good fats, and whole-wheat couscous and broccoli make up the healthy carbohydrates.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Salad Recipes
Time 10m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a saucepan, bring 2/3 cup lightly salted water to a boil. Add couscous, cover, and remove from heat. Let stand until tender, 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and transfer to a bowl.
- Toss broccoli, chickpeas, raisins, feta, oil, and vinegar with warm couscous. Season with salt and pepper.
WARM BROCCOLI SLAW WITH BACON
This coleslaw is best served warm or at room temperature. The bacon shallot vinaigrette is made on the stove top and then poured over the raw broccoli slaw, which helps it to wilt slightly and soften in texture.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories side-dish
Time 1h20m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Toss together the broccoli slaw, cabbage, kale, parsley and raisins in a large bowl.
- Put the bacon in a large nonstick skillet; set over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until well browned and crisp, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons bacon fat from the skillet and add the olive oil. Add the shallot and cook over medium heat until softened, 2 to 4 minutes. Add the vinegar, mustard and honey and whisk to combine. Bring to a simmer, then remove from the heat.
- Immediately pour the dressing over the slaw mixture and toss to coat. Add the bacon and toss; season with salt. Cover and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour to soften.
WARM COUSCOUS AND BROCCOLI SALAD
"My Mate and I came up with this recipe last weekend when we were trying to think up an alternative to a standard garden salad. The results were very favorable but I would love to hear any alternatives that you may come up with.
Provided by Georgie SkunkWoolfe
Categories Vegetable
Time 35m
Yield 1/2 cup, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place bacon on a broiler pan and cook in a preheated 350 degree oven until crispy.
- Watch it closely as toward the end it will cook very quickly.
- (This keeps the bacon from shriveling and the drippings drain into the pan.) Save the drippings!
- Cut broccoli flowerttes from head, peel and dice up stems (and if you have been throwing away the stems all this time, shame on you! They are the best part!).
- Blanch broccoli and matchsticked carrots in boiling water for just a few minutes (you will see the color change) Cool under cold water to stop the cooking.
- Chop broccoli and stems into small bite sized pieces, (about 1/4 inch) A few pulses in a food proccessor does it about right but do not chop it to a pulp.
- In a small saucepan bring the chicken stock to a boil.
- If you wish you can add some olive oil to the water and some herbs to the stock to give some additional flavor.
- add the couscous and remove from heat.
- Cover and let stand 5 minutes.
- Layer carrots, onions, crumbled bacon, and chopped broccoli in a bowl.
- Top with hot couscous.
- Drizzle hot bacon drippings over the couscous and toss to mix.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- If you need to microwave the salad for a couple of minutes to warm it up before serving.
BROCCOLI SALAD WITH CHEDDAR AND WARM BACON VINAIGRETTE
Broccoli salads are a dime a dozen, but this one, which is adapted from Ashley Christensen's cookbook, "Poole's: Recipes From a Modern Diner," is a game-changing celebration of flavors, colors and textures: broccoli, toasted pecans and red grapes are cloaked in a warm bacon-scallion vinaigrette, then sprinkled with small chunks of sharp white Cheddar. Ms. Christensen's recipe, which uses the florets as well as the stalks, asks you to blanch the broccoli (cooking it for a few minutes in generously salted boiling water, then shocking it with salted iced water). It takes a little extra time, but the crisp-tender, bright green broccoli, seasoned inside and out, is your just reward. Try not to eat the entire bowl yourself.
Provided by Margaux Laskey
Categories salads and dressings, vegetables, side dish
Time 45m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of generously salted (use about 1/2 cup kosher salt) water to a boil. Set up an ice bath next to the stove and generously salt (about 1/4 cup kosher salt) that water as well.
- Cut the broccoli stems from the heads; slice the florets into small pieces, each about 1-inch long. Peel the stems with a peeler and cut each stem in half lengthwise, then slice into 1/2-inch-thick half-moons. Add broccoli to the boiling water and blanch for 30 seconds; transfer to the ice water to shock the broccoli and stop the cooking. Drain broccoli in a colander, then set aside (still in the colander) to drain completely.
- In a large dry skillet, toast pecans over medium heat until they smell nutty, about 1 minute; remove pecans and set aside. Return skillet to medium heat and add bacon and oil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until bacon has rendered its fat and is crispy, about 10 minutes. Turn heat to low and whisk in mustard and vinegar. Add green onions and pecans and season generously with black pepper.
- In a large bowl, combine broccoli and grapes. Pour the contents of the skillet into the bowl and toss to combine; season to taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the cheddar and toss right before serving.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 246, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 10 grams, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 8 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Sodium 331 milligrams, Sugar 5 grams, TransFat 0 grams
MEDITERRANEAN COUSCOUS SALAD
A gorgeous light side dish which goes fabulously with a piece of grilled chicken or fish! Also great for picnics as it's best warm or room temp. You could add some corn kernels, maybe toasted pine nuts? Anchovies? Aussie tbsp used (20ml).
Provided by Chickee
Categories Vegan
Time 16m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Mix couscous and stock in a bowl which has a lid, let stand uncovered.
- Meanwhile, mix olives, capsicum, tomatoes herbs and shallots together in a bowl.
- Mix balsamic, lemon juice and garlic.
- Pour 1/3 of dressing over vegetables, mix well.
- Chop the broccoli into small florets about 1/2 inch wide. Cut the stalk into small pieces (about the size of a corn kernel. You want most things to be the same size in this salad.).
- By now the couscous should be almost ready.
- Add the broccoli to the couscous and put the lid on loosely.
- Microwave for 1 minute.
- Add to the salad mix and toss.
- Pour over 1/2 the remaining dressing, toss, add the remaining dressing, toss well.
- Serve whilst still warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 263, Fat 2.5, SaturatedFat 0.3, Sodium 176.4, Carbohydrate 52.2, Fiber 8, Sugar 5.3, Protein 11.3
LEMON COUSCOUS WITH BROCCOLI
I combined two recipes to create this side with broccoli and pasta. The splash of lemon adds nice flavor. Instead of toasted almonds, you could also sprinkle servings with grated Parmesan cheese. -Beth Dauenhauer, Pueblo, Colorado
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 25m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add broccoli; cook and stir until crisp-tender., Add couscous and garlic; cook and stir 1-2 minutes longer. Stir in broth, lemon zest, lemon juice and seasonings; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; let stand, covered, until broth is absorbed, 5-10 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Sprinkle with almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 115 calories, Fat 3g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 328mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 5g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
BROCCOLI SALAD
Enjoy this crunchy, vegan broccoli salad for lunch or as a side. It's sweet, sharp and full of different textures and colours
Provided by Liberty Mendez
Categories Lunch, Side dish
Time 13m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- To make the pickle, heat the vinegar, sugar and salt in a small pan. Boil for 1 min until the sugar dissolves, then add the red onion and simmer for 1 min. Take off the heat, cover, and leave to cool completely.
- Mix the broccoli, carrots, cranberries and cashews in a large bowl. Add the cooled pickled onion, reserving the pickling liquid.
- Whisk together the pickling liquid, oil, maple syrup and lemon zest and juice, along with 2 tbsp cold water. Pour over the vegetables and mix until well coated.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 617 calories, Fat 39 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 47 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 37 grams sugar, Fiber 14 grams fiber, Protein 13 grams protein, Sodium 0.4 milligram of sodium
Tips:
- For a healthier and gluten-free option, use quinoa or brown rice instead of couscous.
- To add more protein to the salad, toss in some grilled chicken, tofu, or chickpeas.
- For a more flavorful salad, roast the broccoli and chickpeas before adding them to the salad.
- Feel free to add other vegetables to the salad, such as shredded carrots, chopped cucumber, or bell peppers.
- If you don't have fresh broccoli on hand, you can use frozen broccoli florets.
- The dressing is also versatile and can be used on other salads or as a marinade for grilled vegetables.
- Store any leftover salad in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Conclusion:
This warm couscous and broccoli salad is a delicious, healthy, and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a quick lunch or dinner. The salad is packed with flavor and nutrients, and the dressing is a perfect complement to the couscous and broccoli. Whether you are looking for a vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free option, this salad is sure to please everyone at your table.
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